Summary

  • Metroid Prime 4: Beyond reportedly won't be featured in the April 2 Nintendo Direct dedicated to the Switch 2.
  • Another Nintendo Direct—this one focused on Switch 1 games—has recently been rumored to take place in late March 2025.
  • Metroid Prime 4 is still targeting a 2025 launch but remains without a release date.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond won't be included in the next Switch 2 Nintendo Direct, a well-known leaker has said. The claim suggests that the upcoming event could be more hardware-focused than initially expected if even Metroid Prime 4 doesn’t make the cut—though that might not be the only reason for its reported absence.

The next confirmed Nintendo Direct is taking place on April 2. This will be Nintendo's first Direct-branded showcase dedicated to the Switch 2, following up on the device's January 16 reveal. The console's first trailer only showed a few glimpses of an unnamed Mario Kart game, with the April 2 event being the one that's expected to deliver a more detailed overview of Switch 2 launch titles.

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Be that as it may, Metroid Prime 4 won't be featured at the upcoming event, according to eXtas1s, who said as much in his latest video report. Around the 14:23 mark in the March 25 video, the leaker claimed that the next entry in the Metroid Prime series will skip the April 2 Nintendo Direct, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The YouTuber's sources did not elaborate on the reasons for this supposed omission.

There Are Several Reasons For Metroid Prime 4 To Skip the April 2 Nintendo Direct

One possible reason the game might skip the upcoming Nintendo Direct is a delay in its development. The project hasn't exactly been smooth sailing up until now, highlighted by the fact that Metroid Prime 4 was completely rebooted circa 2019. So, setbacks delaying its launch wouldn't be unprecedented. Alternatively, the game's reported omission from the April 2 Nintendo Direct could signal that the upcoming event will be much more hardware-focused than initially anticipated, and that the only games revealed during it will be whatever Nintendo plans to demo as part of the Switch 2 hands-on events scheduled throughout spring 2025.

A third potential explanation is that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is indeed planned to be showcased soon, just not on April 2. There has lately been a lot of rumbling about another Nintendo Direct being planned for late March 2025, before the Switch 2 broadcast takes place. This rumored event is said to be focused on upcoming Switch 1 games, a category that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond fits into.

Whatever the case may be, some Metroid Prime 4-related news should materialize before long. The game is still officially targeting a 2025 launch, but with no release date in sight, Nintendo will ostensibly either reveal one soon or announce a delay.

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
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Metroidvania
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Released
December 4, 2025
ESRB
Teen / Animated Blood, Violence
Developer(s)
Retro Studios
Publisher(s)
Nintendo
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Action, First-Person, Adventure, Metroidvania